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Last updated 30 March 2021

The data for this section relates to liabilities or payments for the most recent financial year.

Pay as you go summary tables

Table 19: Pay as you go withholding liabilities by entity type, 2016–17 to 2018–19 financial years

Entity type

2016–17

2017–18

2018–19

Entities
(no.)

PAYG withholding
($m)

Entities
(no.)

PAYG withholding
($m)

Entities
(no.)

PAYG withholding
($m)

Individuals

83,577

908

83,614

951

83,069

975

Companies

501,346

133,079

517,692

142,034

532,020

152,683

Partnerships

65,701

2,524

62,265

2,531

58,437

2,503

Trusts

174,352

13,811

175,797

15,021

175,316

16,057

Super funds

6,517

1,125

4,974

1,220

3,246

1,272

Government

3,558

31,906

3,505

33,500

3,503

35,761

Total

835,051

183,353

847,847

195,257

855,591

209,250

To access this data in Excel format and similar data dating back to the 2006–07 financial year, download Snapshot table 4External Link from data.gov.au.

Table 20: Pay as you go instalments by entity type, 2016–17 to 2018–19 financial years

Entity type

2016–17

2017–18

2018–19

Entities
(no.)

PAYG instalments
($m)

Entities
(no.)

PAYG instalments
($m)

Entities
(no.)

PAYG instalments
($m)

Individuals

1,501,266

21,432

1,527,021

22,002

1,551,762

23,280

Companies

389,531

56,791

386,562

63,603

404,542

73,171

Trusts

6,212

130

5,817

134

5,818

137

Super funds

222,985

9,629

225,695

11,053

233,303

10,724

Total

2,119,994

87,982

2,145,095

96,792

2,195,425

107,313

To access this data in Excel format and similar data dating back to the 2007–08 financial year, download Snapshot table 4External Link from data.gov.au.

Pay as you go detailed tables

Table 1External Link: PAYG withholding, by broad industry, entity type and type of withholder, 2010–11 to 2018–19 financial years

Table 2External Link: PAYG Instalments, by entity type and broad industry, 2010–11 to 2018–19 financial years

See also  

QC63189